Phyllonorycter hibiscola | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. hibiscola
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Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter hibiscola de Prins, 2012
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Phyllonorycter hibiscola is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in western Kenya in primary Guineo-Congolian rain forest. [1]
The length of the forewings is 2.1–2.4 mm. [1] The forewings are elongate and the ground colour is golden brownish with dirty white markings. [1] The hindwings are narrow, elongate and pointed and the ground colour is brownish fuscous. [1] Adults are on wing from late March to mid-April. [1]
The larvae feed as leaf miners on Hibiscus calyphyllus. [1] The mine has the form of a semi-transparent blotch, which is made on the underside of the leaf. [1] The frass is fine and black and scattered at one end of mine. [1]
The specific name is made combining the generic name of the host plant Hibiscus with the Latin suffix -cola (meaning inhabitant). [1]
Phyllonorycter hibiscola | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. hibiscola
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Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter hibiscola de Prins, 2012
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Phyllonorycter hibiscola is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in western Kenya in primary Guineo-Congolian rain forest. [1]
The length of the forewings is 2.1–2.4 mm. [1] The forewings are elongate and the ground colour is golden brownish with dirty white markings. [1] The hindwings are narrow, elongate and pointed and the ground colour is brownish fuscous. [1] Adults are on wing from late March to mid-April. [1]
The larvae feed as leaf miners on Hibiscus calyphyllus. [1] The mine has the form of a semi-transparent blotch, which is made on the underside of the leaf. [1] The frass is fine and black and scattered at one end of mine. [1]
The specific name is made combining the generic name of the host plant Hibiscus with the Latin suffix -cola (meaning inhabitant). [1]